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Lepidochitona africana n. sp., A, C, E, F, dorsal views, B, D, lateral views: A, B. S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, paratype (ZIN 2435) BL 14.0 mm; C, D. S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm; E. S. Africa, False Bay, Gordons Bay Beach, paratype (ZIN 2437), BL 9.0 mm; F. S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 7.7 mm." captionText-1="FIGURE 10. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm: A. Valve I, dorsal view; B. Valve II, dorsal view; C. Valve V, dorsal view; D. Valve VIII, dorsal view; E. Valve IV, ventral view; F. Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area; G. Valve V, rostral view; H. Valve VIII, lateral view." captionText-2="FIGURE 11. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm: A. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of ventral scales, marginal needles and tuft of needles near margin; B. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of ventral scales, marginal needles and rest of tuft of needles among dorsal spicules; C. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles and sutural tuft of needles; D. Ventral scales." captionText-3="FIGURE 12. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm: A. Radula; B. Central and first lateral teeth of radula." captionText-4="FIGURE 13. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm: A. Needle of tuft; B. Dorsal spicule; C. Marginal smooth needle; D. Marginal ribbed needle; E. Ventral rectangular scale; F. Ventral ribbed scale; G. Central tooth and first lateral teeth of radula; H. Head of major lateral tooth of radula. Scale bar 100 µm." captionText-5="FIGURE 14. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, False Bay, Glencairns paratype (ZIN 2435), BL 14.0 mm: A. Valve I, dorsal view; B. Valve II, dorsal view; C. Valve V, dorsal view; D. Valve VIII, dorsal view; E. Valve IV, ventral view; F. Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area; G. Valve V, rostral view; H. Valve VIII, lateral view." captionText-6="FIGURE 15. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, False Bay, Glencairns paratype (ZIN 2435), BL 14.0 mm: A, B. Dorsal spicules, marginal needles and ventral spicules; C. Dorsal spicules and marginal needles; D. Dorsal spicules, tufts of needles and marginal needles." captionText-7="FIGURE 16. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm: A. Valve I, dorsal view; B. Valve II, dorsal view; C. Valve V, dorsal view; D. Valve VIII, dorsal view; E. Valve IV, ventral view; F. Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area; G. Valve V, rostral view; H. Valve VIII, lateral view." captionText-8="FIGURE 17. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm: A. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles and two kinds of ventral scales; B. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles, two kinds of ventral scales and sutural tufts of needles; C. Dorsal spicules; D. Dorsal spicules, sutural and near margin tufts of needles and two kinds of marginal needles." captionText-9="FIGURE 18. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm: A. Radula; B. 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(ZIN 2433), now disarticulated consisting of SEM-mounted valves I, II, IV, V, VIII, parts of perinotum and radula, mount of part of perinotum and vial with other valves and
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.
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFF2D0B4157FF258D" bold="true" box="[199,433,1900,1926]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">Material examined.</emphasis>
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10 spms.
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(
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9.0 mm,
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, leg.
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&amp;
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFEDDC6BFEFC0BF457DD25F9" box="[278,403,2008,2035]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
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Cape
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,
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,
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,
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, underside of small and medium sized boulders in residual rock tide pool, low tide,
<quantity id="4C853093FFE2DC64FC8D0CBA55FE22BA" box="[871,944,151,177]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="0.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" unit="m" value="0.5" valueMax="1.0" valueMin="0.0">
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, 1 spm,
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, 20
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, leg.
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FA6E0CBA56AF22DE" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">Y. Terryn</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FEED0C9657DD22DE" box="[263,403,187,213]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">B. Anseeuw</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FE750C97541D22DF" bold="true" box="[415,595,186,212]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">
<collectingCounty id="62A3E5FAFFE2DC64FE750C97541D22DF" box="[415,595,186,212]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">Atlantic Ocean</collectingCounty>
</emphasis>
,
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,
<location id="8EA2CBADFFE2DC64FD020C96552A22DE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEDDC7CFF7D0A5D5451261A:8EA2CBADFFE2DC64FD020C96552A22DE" box="[744,868,187,213]" county="Atlantic Ocean" municipality="False Bay" name="Glencairns" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" stateProvince="Western Cape">Glencairns</location>
, 34˚948S, 18˚2547”E, intertidal0 m, stones in tide pool,
<typeStatus id="54C623D4FFE2DC64FEE60CF2572222F2" box="[268,364,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCode id="DBDB350DFFE2DC64FE960CF257BC22F2" box="[380,498,222,249]" collectionCode="ZIN" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" type="Museum">ZIN 2435</specimenCode>
),
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14.0 mm,
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE2DC64FD420CF2556622F2" box="[680,808,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" value="1996-03-19">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE2DC64FD420CF2556622F2" box="[680,808,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" value="1996-03-19">19.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FC820CF255AF22F2" box="[872,993,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">B. Sirenko</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FBE30CF252C822F2" box="[1033,1158,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
; Glencairns, 34˚948S, 18˚2547”E, intertidal0 m, stones in tide pool,
<typeStatus id="54C623D4FFE2DC64FD5F0D2E555B2316" box="[693,789,259,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCode id="DBDB350DFFE2DC64FCCF0D2E55D72316" box="[805,921,259,285]" collectionCode="ZIN" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" type="Museum">ZIN 2436</specimenCode>
),
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<quantity id="4C853093FFE2DC64FC320D2E52732316" box="[984,1085,259,285]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1099999999999999" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" unit="mm" value="11.1">11.1 mm</quantity>
,
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE2DC64FBA00D2E52872316" box="[1098,1225,259,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" value="2000-11-03">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE2DC64FBA00D2E52872316" box="[1098,1225,259,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" value="2000-11-03">11.03.2000</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FAEC0D2E53312316" box="[1286,1407,259,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">B. Sirenko</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FF7D0D0A575B234A" box="[151,277,295,321]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
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<collectingMunicipality id="6BA6070CFFE2DC64FEC80D0A57DB234A" box="[290,405,295,321]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">False Bay</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location id="8EA2CBADFFE2DC64FE480D0A540F234A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEDDC7CFF7D0A5D5451261A:8EA2CBADFFE2DC64FE480D0A540F234A" box="[418,577,295,321]" latitude="-34.166668" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="18.866667" municipality="False Bay" name="Gordon's Bay" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" stateProvince="Western Cape">Gordons Bay</location>
Beach,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE49FBB1FFE2DC64FCDB0D0555FB2348" box="[817,949,296,323]" degrees="18" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" precision="15" seconds="00" value="18.866667">18°5200″E</geoCoordinate>
, large bay surrounded by razor-sharp rock platforms, underside of large boulders,
<quantity id="4C853093FFE2DC64FDA70D6754E4236E" box="[589,682,330,357]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" unit="m" value="1.25" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="1.0">
<elevation id="00507A45FFE2DC64FDA70D6754E4236E" box="[589,682,330,357]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" unit="m" value="1.25" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="1.0">11.5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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(
<specimenCode id="DBDB350DFFE2DC64FCC90D6655D8236E" box="[803,918,331,357]" collectionCode="ZIN" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z2y8-2jfr" name="Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" type="Museum">ZIN 2437</specimenCode>
),
<collectionCode id="ED6C05B3FFE2DC64FC430D665582236E" box="[937,972,331,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">BL</collectionCode>
9.0 mm, 28
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE2DC64FBB40D6652AE236E" box="[1118,1248,331,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" value="2002-07-29">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE2DC64FBB40D6652AE236E" box="[1118,1248,331,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" value="2002-07-29">29.07.2002</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FAF20D6653CE236E" box="[1304,1408,331,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">Y. Terryn</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE2DC64FF7D0D42576A2382" box="[151,292,367,393]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">B. Anseeuw.</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE2DC64FF7D0B58530525DF" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532618" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532618" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532618/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" startId="8.[151,250,1909,1933]" targetBox="[151,1436,417,1885]" targetPageId="8">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE2DC64FF7D0B58530525DF" blockId="8.[151,1436,1909,2005]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FF7D0B58575C2586" bold="true" box="[151,274,1909,1933]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE2DC64FEF20B5854482586" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[280,518,1909,1933]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FEF20B5854482586" box="[280,518,1909,1933]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FDE10B58540A2586" bold="true" box="[523,580,1909,1933]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE2DC64FDE10B58540A2586" box="[523,580,1909,1933]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, A, C, E, F, dorsal views, B, D, lateral views:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FBE50B5852702586" bold="true" box="[1039,1086,1909,1933]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">A, B</emphasis>
. S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, paratype (ZIN 2435) BL 14.0 mm;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FD890BB454D425BA" bold="true" box="[611,666,1945,1969]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">C, D.</emphasis>
S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FB090BB452B425BA" bold="true" box="[1251,1274,1945,1969]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">E.</emphasis>
S. Africa, False Bay, Gordons Bay Beach, paratype (ZIN 2437), BL 9.0 mm;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE2DC64FCE00B90555325DE" bold="true" box="[778,797,1981,2005]" pageId="8" pageNumber="300">F.</emphasis>
S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 7.7 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE3DC65FF7D0A70525C24B6" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532622" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532622" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532622/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="301" startId="9.[151,250,1629,1653]" targetBox="[152,1435,183,1605]" targetPageId="9">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE3DC65FF7D0A70525C24B6" blockId="9.[151,1436,1629,1725]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FF7D0A70576E247E" bold="true" box="[151,288,1629,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE3DC65FECD0A705458247E" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[295,534,1629,1653]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="9" pageNumber="301" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FECD0A705458247E" box="[295,534,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FDF60A705415247E" bold="true" box="[540,603,1629,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE3DC65FDF60A705419247E" box="[540,599,1629,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FB410A70528D247E" bold="true" box="[1195,1219,1629,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">A.</emphasis>
Valve I, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FF7D0AAC56E02492" bold="true" box="[151,174,1665,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">B.</emphasis>
Valve II, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FE710AAC57FD2492" bold="true" box="[411,435,1665,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">C.</emphasis>
Valve V, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FD770AAC54F82492" bold="true" box="[669,694,1665,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">D.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FC570AAC559A2492" bold="true" box="[957,980,1665,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">E.</emphasis>
Valve IV, ventral view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FB250AAC52AC2492" bold="true" box="[1231,1250,1665,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">F.</emphasis>
Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FE170A88545924B6" bold="true" box="[509,535,1701,1725]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">G.</emphasis>
Valve V, rostral view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE3DC65FD140A88555624B6" bold="true" box="[766,792,1701,1725]" pageId="9" pageNumber="301">H.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE0DC66FF7D08DD57A9277F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532626" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532626" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532626/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="302" startId="10.[151,250,1264,1288]" targetBox="[177,1411,181,1240]" targetPageId="10">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE0DC66FF7D08DD57A9277F" blockId="10.[151,1436,1264,1396]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FF7D08DD576F2703" bold="true" box="[151,289,1264,1288]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE0DC66FEC108DD54532703" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[299,541,1264,1288]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="10" pageNumber="302" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FEC108DD54532703" box="[299,541,1264,1288]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FDCC08DD542C2703" bold="true" box="[550,610,1264,1288]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE0DC66FDCC08DD542C2703" box="[550,610,1264,1288]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FB3F08DD52A92703" bold="true" box="[1237,1255,1264,1288]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">A</emphasis>
. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of ventral scales, marginal needles and tuft of needles near margin;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FC510939559C2727" bold="true" box="[955,978,1300,1324]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, two kinds of ventral scales, marginal needles and rest of tuft of needles among dorsal spicules;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FCDC09155501275B" bold="true" box="[822,847,1336,1360]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">C.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles and sutural tuft of needles;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FEDF09715700277F" bold="true" box="[309,334,1372,1396]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">D.</emphasis>
Ventral scales.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE0DC66FF7D0B8257E825E7" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532632" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532632" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532632/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="302" startId="10.[151,250,1967,1991]" targetBox="[177,1411,1421,1944]" targetPageId="10">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE0DC66FF7D0B8257E825E7" blockId="10.[151,1437,1967,2028]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FF7D0B82575125C3" bold="true" box="[151,287,1967,1992]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE0DC66FECE0B9D545C25C3" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[292,530,1968,1992]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="10" pageNumber="302" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FECE0B9D545C25C3" box="[292,530,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FDF20B9D541825C3" bold="true" box="[536,598,1968,1992]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE0DC66FDF20B9D541F25C3" box="[536,593,1968,1992]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FB720B8252E425CC" bold="true" box="[1176,1194,1967,1991]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">A</emphasis>
. Radula;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE0DC66FAE10B9D535225C3" bold="true" box="[1291,1308,1968,1992]" pageId="10" pageNumber="302">B</emphasis>
. Central and first lateral teeth of radula.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE1DC67FF7D0B6C52F225A9" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532634" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532634" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532634/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="303" startId="11.[151,250,1857,1881]" targetBox="[164,1423,181,1833]" targetPageId="11">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE1DC67FF7D0B6C52F225A9" blockId="11.[151,1436,1857,1954]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FF7D0B6C57552552" bold="true" box="[151,283,1857,1881]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">FIGURE 13</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE1DC67FEC00B6C54542551" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[298,538,1857,1882]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="11" pageNumber="303" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FEC00B6C54542551" box="[298,538,1857,1882]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FDC90B6F54102551" bold="true" box="[547,606,1858,1882]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE1DC67FDC90B6F54102551" box="[547,606,1858,1882]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FB2E0B6C52982552" bold="true" box="[1220,1238,1857,1881]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">A</emphasis>
. Needle of tuft;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FA6F0B6F53D82551" bold="true" box="[1413,1430,1858,1882]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">B</emphasis>
. Dorsal spicule;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FEDC0B4857002576" bold="true" box="[310,334,1893,1917]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">C.</emphasis>
Marginal smooth needle;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FDBD0B4B543E2575" bold="true" box="[599,624,1894,1918]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">D.</emphasis>
Marginal ribbed needle;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FC850B4B55C82575" bold="true" box="[879,902,1894,1918]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">E.</emphasis>
Ventral rectangular scale;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FB790B4B52E82575" bold="true" box="[1171,1190,1894,1918]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">F.</emphasis>
Ventral ribbed scale;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FA680B4853D22576" bold="true" box="[1410,1436,1893,1917]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">G.</emphasis>
Central tooth and first lateral teeth of radula;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE1DC67FD880BA7543225A9" bold="true" box="[610,636,1930,1954]" pageId="11" pageNumber="303">H.</emphasis>
Head of major lateral tooth of radula. Scale bar 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE6DC60FF7D0A7F522224B8" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532638" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532638" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532638/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" startId="12.[151,250,1618,1642]" targetBox="[151,1436,181,1595]" targetPageId="12">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE6DC60FF7D0A7F522224B8" blockId="12.[151,1437,1618,1715]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FF7D0A7F576F2460" bold="true" box="[151,289,1618,1643]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE6DC60FEC30A7E54572460" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[297,537,1619,1643]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FEC30A7E54572460" box="[297,537,1619,1643]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FDCA0A7E54152460" bold="true" box="[544,603,1619,1643]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE6DC60FDCA0A7E54152460" box="[544,603,1619,1643]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glencairns paratype (ZIN 2435), BL 14.0 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FAC60A7F530B2461" bold="true" box="[1324,1349,1618,1642]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">A.</emphasis>
Valve I, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FEF30A5A577E2484" bold="true" box="[281,304,1655,1679]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">B.</emphasis>
Valve II, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FDFE0A5B54632485" bold="true" box="[532,557,1654,1678]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">C.</emphasis>
Valve V, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FCE40A5A55692484" bold="true" box="[782,807,1655,1679]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">D.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FBCF0A5A52722484" bold="true" box="[1061,1084,1655,1679]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">E.</emphasis>
Valve IV, ventral view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FAC50A5A530C2484" bold="true" box="[1327,1346,1655,1679]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">F.</emphasis>
Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FDBD0AB7543F24B9" bold="true" box="[599,625,1690,1714]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">G.</emphasis>
Valve V, rostral view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FCB20AB6553C24B8" bold="true" box="[856,882,1691,1715]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">H.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C367CEFDFFE6DC60FF7D0ACC56FA2514" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE6DC60FF7D0ACC56FA2514" blockId="12.[151,1436,1761,2039]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FF7D0ACC577F24F0" bold="true" box="[151,305,1761,1787]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">Distribution.</emphasis>
Indian Ocean,
<collectingCountry id="F36ADDE6FFE6DC60FE350ACC543F24F0" box="[479,625,1761,1787]" name="South Africa" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, from Mpenjati to Glencairns, Atlantic Ocean, False Bay, intertidal
<quantity id="4C853093FFE6DC60FA970ACC56FE2514" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="1.5">1.5 m</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C367CEFDFFE6DC61FF2D0B0452CE22F2" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="305" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE6DC61FF2D0B0452CE22F2" blockId="12.[151,1436,1761,2039]" lastBlockId="13.[151,1437,151,753]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="305" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE6DC60FF2D0B04570C2548" bold="true" box="[199,322,1833,1859]" pageId="12" pageNumber="304">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE6DC60FEA00B0457D82548" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[330,406,1833,1859]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Chitonidae" genus="Chiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="12" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">Chiton</taxonomicName>
small, up to 14.0 mm, color of tegmentum very variablе from completely flesh-colored or brown to light brown with white, blue or dark brown spots, sometimes uniformlylight brown; valves carinated, little beaked, slightly elevated (dorsal elevation 0.300.33), mucro anterior. Tegmentum smooth to the naked eye, all pores of aesthetes rounded and of about the same size. Slit formula 9/1/811. Girdle clothed with small, slightly flattened, sharply pointed spicules with 23 weakly noticeable longitudinal riblets in upper half; more than 20 tufts of long curved needles between valves and around end valves, second row of tuft of needles arranged near margin; marginal fringe consist of two kinds of needles: smooth and ribbed; ventral scales sharply pointed with 23 small, narrow riblets in upper half. Major lateral teeth of radula with tricuspid dental caps, distal part of major uncinal tooth with several slits. Fourteen gills per side in
<typeStatus id="54C623D4FFE7DC61FD950CF254AA22F2" box="[639,740,223,249]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, arranged between valve III and VII.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C367CEFDFFE7DC7CFF2D0D2F55AF206A" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="308" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE7DC61FF2D0D2F569A236E" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,753]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FF2D0D2F57172317" bold="true" box="[199,345,258,284]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">Description.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54C623D4FFE7DC61FE880D2E57842316" box="[354,458,259,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
small, BL
<quantity id="4C853093FFE7DC61FDA40D2E54E72316" box="[590,681,259,285]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.6" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" unit="mm" value="8.6">8.6 mm</quantity>
, elongate oval. Shell lowly elevated (dorsal elevation 0.32), back carinated, valves with side slopes almost straight, little beaked. Color of tegmentum brown with white spots in apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE7DC61FF2D0D4254BE2012" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,753]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">Head valve semicircular, posterior margin widely V-shaped, shallowly notched in the middle. Intermediate valves broadly rectangular, front margin anteriorly elevated in valve II, somewhat concave in valves IIIVII, hind margin concave at both sides of the prominent apex, lateral areas weakly raised, side margins rounded. Tail valve smaller than head valve, front margin concave, mucro anterior, ratio of length of postmucronal area to length of antemucronal area 1.15, postmucronal slope concave.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE7DC61FF2D0E0E5250208E" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,753]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">Tegmentum apparently smooth. Aesthete pores arranged in radial rows on head valve, lateral areas and pleural part of central areas of intermediate valves and postmucronal area of tail valve, in jugal areas and antemucronal areas pores arranged longitudinally, several faint concentric growth lines visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE7DC61FF2D0EA257C220FA" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,753]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">Articulamentum moderately developed, white. Apophyses thin, prominently rounded in intermediate valves, trapezoid in tail valve, insertion plates short, slit formula 9/1/8, slits narrow, slit rays present on all valves, very fine, eaves narrow, porous.</paragraph>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE7DC61FF7D0B55573B25D3" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532646" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532646" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532646/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" startId="13.[151,250,1912,1936]" targetBox="[151,1436,777,1889]" targetPageId="13">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE7DC61FF7D0B55573B25D3" blockId="13.[151,1437,1912,2008]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FF7D0B55576E259B" bold="true" box="[151,288,1912,1936]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE7DC61FECD0B555458259A" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[295,534,1912,1937]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FECD0B555458259A" box="[295,534,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FDF60B545418259A" bold="true" box="[540,598,1913,1937]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE7DC61FDF60B545418259A" box="[540,598,1913,1937]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glencairns paratype (ZIN 2435), BL 14.0 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FAF60B55531C259A" bold="true" box="[1308,1362,1912,1937]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">A, B.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, marginal needles and ventral spicules;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FD6C0BB154D125BF" bold="true" box="[646,671,1948,1972]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">C.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules and marginal needles;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE7DC61FBDE0BB0520225BE" bold="true" box="[1076,1100,1949,1973]" pageId="13" pageNumber="305">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, tufts of needles and marginal needles.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE4DC62FF7D0AED525C252B" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532650" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532650" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532650/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="306" startId="14.[151,250,1728,1752]" targetBox="[153,1436,182,1704]" targetPageId="14">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE4DC62FF7D0AED525C252B" blockId="14.[151,1436,1728,1825]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FF7D0AED576F24D3" bold="true" box="[151,289,1728,1752]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE4DC62FEC30AED545724D3" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[297,537,1728,1752]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="14" pageNumber="306" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FEC30AED545724D3" box="[297,537,1728,1752]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FDCB0AED542C24D3" bold="true" box="[545,610,1728,1752]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE4DC62FDCB0AED541324D3" box="[545,605,1728,1752]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FB4C0AED52F124D3" bold="true" box="[1190,1215,1728,1752]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">A.</emphasis>
Valve I, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FF7D0AC956E024F7" bold="true" box="[151,174,1764,1788]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">B.</emphasis>
Valve II, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FE710AC957FD24F7" bold="true" box="[411,435,1764,1788]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">C.</emphasis>
Valve V, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FD770AC954F824F7" bold="true" box="[669,694,1764,1788]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">D.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FC570AC9559A24F7" bold="true" box="[957,980,1764,1788]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">E.</emphasis>
Valve IV, ventral view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FB250AC952AC24F7" bold="true" box="[1231,1250,1764,1788]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">F.</emphasis>
Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FE170B255459252B" bold="true" box="[509,535,1800,1824]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">G.</emphasis>
Valve V, rostral view;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE4DC62FD140B255556252B" bold="true" box="[766,792,1800,1824]" pageId="14" pageNumber="306">H.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE5DC63FF7D08C15781277A" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532653" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532653" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532653/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="307" startId="15.[151,250,1260,1284]" targetBox="[177,1411,181,1237]" targetPageId="15">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE5DC63FF7D08C15781277A" blockId="15.[151,1437,1260,1393]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FF7D08C1576C270E" bold="true" box="[151,290,1260,1285]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE5DC63FEC008C05454270E" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[298,538,1261,1285]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="15" pageNumber="307" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FEC008C05454270E" box="[298,538,1261,1285]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FDC808C0542D270E" bold="true" box="[546,611,1261,1285]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE5DC63FDC808C05410270E" box="[546,606,1261,1285]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FB4008C1528C270F" bold="true" box="[1194,1218,1260,1284]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">A.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles and two kinds of ventral scales;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FCEB093C55572722" bold="true" box="[769,793,1297,1321]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles, two kinds of ventral scales and sutural tufts of needles;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FDA00919542C2747" bold="true" box="[586,610,1332,1356]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">C.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FCF9091855622746" bold="true" box="[787,812,1333,1357]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, sutural and near margin tufts of needles and two kinds of marginal needles.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF02CDFEFFE5DC63FF7D0B8157E825E3" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532657" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7532657" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532657/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="307" startId="15.[151,250,1964,1988]" targetBox="[176,1411,1417,1941]" targetPageId="15">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE5DC63FF7D0B8157E825E3" blockId="15.[151,1437,1964,2024]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FF7D0B81576E25CF" bold="true" box="[151,288,1964,1988]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFE5DC63FECD0B81545825CE" authority="Sirenko, 2023" authorityName="Sirenko" authorityYear="2023" box="[295,534,1964,1989]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="15" pageNumber="307" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FECD0B81545825CE" box="[295,534,1964,1989]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FDF60B80541225CE" bold="true" box="[540,604,1965,1989]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23AFC1FFFE5DC63FDF60B80541925CE" box="[540,599,1965,1989]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
</emphasis>
S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm:
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FB7E0B8152E225CF" bold="true" box="[1172,1196,1964,1988]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">A.</emphasis>
Radula;
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE5DC63FAE20B80536E25CE" bold="true" box="[1288,1312,1965,1989]" pageId="15" pageNumber="307">B.</emphasis>
Central and first lateral teeth of radula.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFFADC7CFF7D0CBA532923A6" blockId="16.[151,1437,150,1041]" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">
Girdle narrow, width
<quantity id="4C853093FFFADC7CFE6C0CBB579522BA" box="[390,475,150,177]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="16" pageNumber="308" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.5 mm</quantity>
near valve V, brown with ivory spots near tufts of spicules, dorsally covered with very small, sharply pointed spicules (28 x 14 µm) with 23 weakly noticeable longitudinal riblets in upper half; two rows of long curved needles (up to 300 x 28 µm) collected in tufts arranged along the body. One row arranged near valves, and another row arranged closer to the edge of the girdle. Fourteen tufts with 13 spicules are located in sutures, six around the head valve and four around the tail valve. Marginal spicules of two kinds: elongate, straight, longitudinally ribbed in dorsal side, sharply pointed needles (200 x 25 µm) and long, smooth needles gradually tapering to a blunt top (200300 x 28 µm). Ventral part of girdle with two kinds of scales: one row of rectangular scales (70 x 25 µm) along margin and sharply pointed scales (55 x 13 µm) with 23 narrow ribs in upper half.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFFADC7CFF2D0D9A54F22012" blockId="16.[151,1437,150,1041]" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">
Radula of
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long with 28 rows of mature teeth. Central tooth short, with narrow base first lateral teeth elongate, wing-shaped with rounded blade, major lateral teeth with tridentate cusps, central denticle slightly larger, distal part of large uncinal teeth with slits.
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has 14 long gills per side arranged from valve III to valve VII. Nephridiopores and gonopores situated between first and second and second and third gills counted from posterior.
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. An ontogenetic variability of the number of gills was observed in the type material. Specimens with body lengths of 8.6 and 14.0 mm had 14 and 17 gills, respectively. The joint slit formula of
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specimens is 9/1/811. Radulae of these specimens were 2.13.0 mm in length with 2628 rows of mature teeth. The largest
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with BL
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has longer dorsal spicules (60 x 14 µm) than the
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.
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFF2D0ED6579E211E" box="[199,464,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">Lepidochitona africana</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFD470ED65556211F" box="[685,792,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. turtoni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFCBB0ED6558A211E" box="[849,964,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. dicksae</emphasis>
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(Algoa Bay, Indian Ocean,
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) by having two rows of tufts with long, bent needles (vs. one row in
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFC6F0F3255B82132" box="[901,1014,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. dicksae</emphasis>
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and single, short spines in
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFAC90F3253C22133" box="[1315,1420,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. turtoni</emphasis>
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), sharply pointed, ribbed dorsal spicules (vs. obtusely pointed and smooth spicules in both species). Moreover,
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFA6C0F6E56B8218A" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. africana</emphasis>
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has shorter valves than
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFDB20F4A5482218A" box="[600,716,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. dicksae</emphasis>
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(the ratio of the width of the valve V to its length is
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFA6C0F4A56B821AE" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. africana</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFE5C0FA6546621AE" box="[438,552,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. dicksae</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFF2D0F82570C21C2" box="[199,322,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. africana</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFE5C0F82544321C2" box="[438,525,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. kaasi</emphasis>
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from the Atlantic Ocean, near the Iberian Peninsula have similar dorsal spicules, but the new species differs from
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFC5C0FFE524021E6" box="[950,1038,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. kaasi</emphasis>
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in having a smooth tegmentum (vs. granulated tegmentum in
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFFADC7CFE5C0FDA5441261A" box="[438,527,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="308">L. kaasi</emphasis>
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).
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